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Lord Roberts is always such a joy to listen to. Intellectually stimulating, clear and concise. Tim, you have upped your research considerably, good questions and honest probing.
Good interview. Tim’s curiosity and humor are terrific. As one who has interviewed over 200 authors I was disappointed that Tim had not read any of Andrew’s big books.
Good evening Tim and Andrew Fantastic shared conversation. My Dad, simply my best History teacher ever. His story telling talents made learning memorable with meaning. Story short. He has for sure left me with a great deal of Love Wisdom and Wit. 'My Way' a piece of music very dear to me and more so very recently, his very last life lesson through music and lyrics, I like to think. This verse in particular speaks to my wee self daily right now. 'What is a man what has he got if not himself then he has naught To say the words of one who feels And not the words of one who kneels Let the record show I took the blows And did it my way.' Great piece on the whole. History lessons even in music my would say. Written beautifully within our musical culture, timeless really. We need to re learn our History and more. Anyways thank you both for this today. Super grateful. 💜
Impressed by your branching out to other thought provoking topics for great discussion. Appreciate your honesty on lack of deep knowledge on Napoleon - I realized the same about myself after recently reading The Count of Monte Cristo. I have been enjoying learning more about him since - brilliant, so fiercely determined!
Some feedback on the Audio: The Noisegate seems to be a bit too sensitive, often it cuts the audio quite harsh which makes it hard to listen on headphones Great interview!
28:06 I’m training to be a TEFL teacher as we speak, Tim. Let me know if you need some help with the L1 Interference. Willing to negotiate the price of lessons 😉 Great pod btw!
Growing up in New York and going to school in Hell’s Kitchen I saw so many homeless Vietnam Veterans being stepped over by Yuppies. Neither of them cared about Thomas Jefferson’s statue. Lots of people, cultures and societies have done great things and the British Empire didn’t worry giving them credit and in some cases they spent time erasing and removing history. Culture wars. Slavery and colonialism are different and descendants of slavery have valid reasons to be skeptical but the other nations that were colonized are being vocal. Pride is a sin for a reason. I thought building a better future was the most important job for our present generation but I guess it’s about repackaging old culture wars for the benefit of the masters of the universe. Thomas Jefferson’s black descendants are proud forefather and happy to be included in his history but they were sued and fought by the other side of his family to erase them from the family tree. There’s you Thomas Jefferson story
Ripping down statues is pointless. Nobody in New York cared about Thomas Jefferson. Not in the 1950s , 1960, 1970s, 1980s or 1990s. I’m from New York. The Christopher Columbus statue was more important to New Yorkers but our city venerates theatre, sports and unique urban culture. British, Canadian and even people from other parts of the United States can have of prospective about their environment but mind your business about New York. I was an avid listener to Howard Stern, Rush Limbaugh, Wbai and WBLS. Thomas Jefferson never came up
I think this dude is completely right about finding the light in these historical figures in leadership. However, I feel in my heart things like reparations and actions based on compassion to heal wounds of the oppressed (to put it lightly) is vital. It is completely understandable why folks would want to tear down these statues.There is deep pain.
My dear if you go down the road of reparations there is no person in the world that wouldn’t be giving and receiving money. The story of mankind is one group of people doing something atrocious to another group of people, over and over and over again.
Come Visit India and travel atound and Study ancient Culture and Sanskrit Language and Heritage of The local in an ashram !!! Then you may re consider your Ideals...
@@jamescarberry-todd4515 Are you implying our participation in the war against Germany helped secure my freedom? If so, how? How was the war against the communists not more important?
@@CalebDiTyour fellow jewish people around you wouldnt have existed 😅. Their ancestors wouldnt have survived because you disrespected churchill, be careful what you wish
I don’t know too much about the bengal famine in total and i do plan and need to read up on it. Roberts makes a firm defence of Churchill in his excellent book essentially coming down to prioritisation. You cannot but recoil in horror when you see images of the emaciated people and question the difference in outcome to the concentration camps. But ofcourse they are very different. I imagine what I would do in the same situation where such significant pieces are in play and a wrong move may be the difference between victory and defeat. Again ofcourse you must ask yourself at what cost? I challenge anyone to say they would have done differently. And if you would can you also say that you believe you would have lead to victory? I understand your point here is about hypocrisy. In that sense, in my view, you are correct but we both know there is MUCH more to it than that. Like in an aeroplane when you are told to put on your own oxygen mask first before helping others in the event of decompression. Do you follow this instruction or help a loved one first? Either way your decision could have dire consequences.
He is part of a Churchill historical society so yes he undoubtedly portrays Churchill in the best light possible although he doesn’t shy away from the criticisms in his book. More accessible and narrative history like that written by Roberts can be never be impartial. Or very difficult anyway. Writers with his prose engage people uneducated in history (but trying to be) like me. Leave pure academics to the academics. I will be more informed than 95% by reading these sorts of books.
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Lord Roberts is always such a joy to listen to. Intellectually stimulating, clear and concise. Tim, you have upped your research considerably, good questions and honest probing.
Completely agree with this. Fantastic interview.
Brilliant interview. We can always learn from history from historians.
Good interview. Tim’s curiosity and humor are terrific. As one who has interviewed over 200 authors I was disappointed that Tim had not read any of Andrew’s big books.
Good evening Tim and Andrew
Fantastic shared conversation.
My Dad, simply my best History teacher ever. His story telling talents made learning memorable with meaning. Story short.
He has for sure left me with a great deal of Love Wisdom and Wit.
'My Way' a piece of music very dear to me and more so very recently, his very last life lesson through music and lyrics, I like to think.
This verse in particular speaks to my wee self daily right now.
'What is a man what has he got if not himself then he has naught
To say the words of one who feels
And not the words of one who kneels
Let the record show
I took the blows
And did it my way.' Great piece on the whole.
History lessons even in music my would say. Written beautifully within our musical culture, timeless really.
We need to re learn our History and more.
Anyways thank you both for this today.
Super grateful.
💜
TIM'S STILL GOT IT! THIS WAS AMAZING I'M BUYING TWO OF HIS BOOKS NOW!!!!!!!!! BRAVO
Really appreciate this. I think we can learn so much from historical figures. Andrew's Churchill book is on my list!
Fabulous spontaneous recitation of Ozymandias!
So excited for the Napoleon and his Marshall’s book.
Impressed by your branching out to other thought provoking topics for great discussion. Appreciate your honesty on lack of deep knowledge on Napoleon - I realized the same about myself after recently reading The Count of Monte Cristo. I have been enjoying learning more about him since - brilliant, so fiercely determined!
Andrew is a consummate Gentleman and a mega encyclopedia of knowledge. I ENJOY his writing style!
His Ozymandias recitation. Superb! Hes my idol, after that, hot damn
Excellent talk and this is the first time I hear about the books Andrew Roberts’s will publish next!
i love the format
Great Interview. Tim Ferris asks great questions! I am curious to learn how he does it.
Love this! Churchill was a wonderful painter and very inspirational! Thanks for this
Nice one!
Nice one Tim
loved this interview
Some feedback on the Audio:
The Noisegate seems to be a bit too sensitive, often it cuts the audio quite harsh which makes it hard to listen on headphones
Great interview!
28:06 I’m training to be a TEFL teacher as we speak, Tim. Let me know if you need some help with the L1 Interference. Willing to negotiate the price of lessons 😉 Great pod btw!
Tim looking very snazzy 😁
Pardon the pedantry, but Jefferson did not write the Constitution. He wrote the Declaration of Independence
Tidying up my house down here in Poland and thinking that both Napoleon and Churchill meen totally different thing for Poles...
Growing up in New York and going to school in Hell’s Kitchen I saw so many homeless Vietnam Veterans being stepped over by Yuppies. Neither of them cared about Thomas Jefferson’s statue. Lots of people, cultures and societies have done great things and the British Empire didn’t worry giving them credit and in some cases they spent time erasing and removing history. Culture wars. Slavery and colonialism are different and descendants of slavery have valid reasons to be skeptical but the other nations that were colonized are being vocal. Pride is a sin for a reason. I thought building a better future was the most important job for our present generation but I guess it’s about repackaging old culture wars for the benefit of the masters of the universe. Thomas Jefferson’s black descendants are proud forefather and happy to be included in his history but they were sued and fought by the other side of his family to erase them from the family tree. There’s you Thomas Jefferson story
Ripping down statues is pointless. Nobody in New York cared about Thomas Jefferson. Not in the 1950s , 1960, 1970s, 1980s or 1990s. I’m from New York. The Christopher Columbus statue was more important to New Yorkers but our city venerates theatre, sports and unique urban culture. British, Canadian and even people from other parts of the United States can have of prospective about their environment but mind your business about New York. I was an avid listener to Howard Stern, Rush Limbaugh, Wbai and WBLS. Thomas Jefferson never came up
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He seems to be describing the consequences of Woke culture.
I think this dude is completely right about finding the light in these historical figures in leadership. However, I feel in my heart things like reparations and actions based on compassion to heal wounds of the oppressed (to put it lightly) is vital. It is completely understandable why folks would want to tear down these statues.There is deep pain.
My dear if you go down the road of reparations there is no person in the world that wouldn’t be giving and receiving money. The story of mankind is one group of people doing something atrocious to another group of people, over and over and over again.
@@MrVito1180 we must continue the dialectic
Come Visit India and travel atound and Study ancient Culture and Sanskrit Language and Heritage of The local in an ashram !!!
Then you may re consider your Ideals...
Liked most of the interview, but calling most British colonialism a force of good.. wtf
Drinking. I think drinking was the most favored habit of Churchill. Even ignoring that, it's hard to imagine a more unscrupulous person to emulate.
You have the freedom to write this comment because if Churchill
@@jamescarberry-todd4515 Are you implying our participation in the war against Germany helped secure my freedom? If so, how? How was the war against the communists not more important?
@@CalebDiTyour fellow jewish people around you wouldnt have existed 😅. Their ancestors wouldnt have survived because you disrespected churchill, be careful what you wish
@@CalebDiTWhy do you consider Churchill unscrupulous?
Yeah one wonders what he would have achieved if he didn't spend his life half in the bag 😂
Churchill's sense of noblesse oblige didn't play out too well during the Bengal Famine.
I don’t know too much about the bengal famine in total and i do plan and need to read up on it. Roberts makes a firm defence of Churchill in his excellent book essentially coming down to prioritisation. You cannot but recoil in horror when you see images of the emaciated people and question the difference in outcome to the concentration camps. But ofcourse they are very different. I imagine what I would do in the same situation where such significant pieces are in play and a wrong move may be the difference between victory and defeat. Again ofcourse you must ask yourself at what cost? I challenge anyone to say they would have done differently. And if you would can you also say that you believe you would have lead to victory?
I understand your point here is about hypocrisy. In that sense, in my view, you are correct but we both know there is MUCH more to it than that. Like in an aeroplane when you are told to put on your own oxygen mask first before helping others in the event of decompression. Do you follow this instruction or help a loved one first? Either way your decision could have dire consequences.
@HuwiLewi Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History has an interesting episode on the Bengal Famine.
wtf -- Chvrchill and Napoleon were both bloodthirsty maniacs -- The Bibis of their day.
Ight daryl cooper chill
Yawn - prick
A heavily biased "historaian"
I thought the same. He’s definitely a “gate keeper” for muh Churchill is a hero.
He is part of a Churchill historical society so yes he undoubtedly portrays Churchill in the best light possible although he doesn’t shy away from the criticisms in his book.
More accessible and narrative history like that written by Roberts can be never be impartial. Or very difficult anyway. Writers with his prose engage people uneducated in history (but trying to be) like me. Leave pure academics to the academics. I will be more informed than 95% by reading these sorts of books.